Stories by Sabrina Artel
Sabrina Artel is the creator and host of Trailer Talk, a weekly radio show that engages the community through conversations about culture, politics, the arts and the environment. To find out more about Trailer Talk's Frack Talk Marcellus Shale Water Project visit Trailer Talk.
Posted on Jan 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet
It's down to the final wire for public comments on the proposed regulations to allow for industrial gas drilling and fracking in New York.
Posted on Nov 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The "Gasland" filmmaker talks about the threats not just from fracking, but from oil, coal and any number of extreme energy extraction methods.
Posted on Sep 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo discusses his new organization Farmhearts, fracking, protecting our water and the future of our country.
Posted on Aug 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
"We spent three years trying to prove that fracking could be done safely, and what we learned is that it can't be done safely. It is incredibly dangerous; it is incredibly toxic."
Posted on Jul 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Ben Price of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund explains how communities can fight corporate power with a new legal weapon.
Posted on Jun 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet
If you think that nothing can be done on the local level to combat big polluters like gas fracking companies, think again.
Posted on May 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Farmer Greg Swartz talks about trying to maintain an organic farm in the face of increasing gas drilling in rural Pennsylvania.
Posted on May 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Filmmaker David Morris and organizers from Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy discuss why they're helping to lead the charge against fracking.
Posted on May 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Julie and Craig Sautner of Dimock, Pennsylvania who live on Carter Road and are among one of 14 families there that have lost their water.
Posted on Apr 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Major Calvin Tillman left his beloved community of Dish, Texas (that has 60 gas wells) to protect his family from the dangers of natural gas drilling.
Posted on Apr 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet
"We can't afford to get this wrong even once." Delaware River Basin residents talk about their fracking concerns.
Posted on Apr 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Here's the threats that New York's water faces from fracking and what residents are doing to try and protect it.